Deadly

"I love you." Crazy right? I have never heard anything more painful in all my years. Why do people wield these words with such deadly force? These words should be a healing serum, but they have poisoned my soul again and again. I drank it gladly every single time, glutton for punishment. I desperately needed it to be true but discovered too late, the poison had already reached my heart. Maybe next time, I will not be so thirsty. Maybe next time, I will inquire of the contents in my cup. Maybe there will not be a next time...